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Services at Bridgnorth MLU temporarily suspended

18 May 2018 Inpatient services, including births, at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be temporarily suspended for four weeks from Sunday 20 May. Births at Oswestry and Ludlow MLUs, which are currently suspended, will continue to be temporarily suspended for a further four weeks. This is to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Oswestry, [...]

Services at Bridgnorth MLU temporarily suspended2018-05-18T15:27:34+01:00

Blue Butterfly Appeal will raise funds to support patients with dementia

18 May 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has announced a new fundraising campaign to support patients living with dementia. SaTH has marked the start of Dementia Action Week (May 21-27) to launch its Blue Butterfly Appeal. From left, Lucy Davies (Dementia Support Worker), Clive Knowles (owner of the British Ironwork Centre), Karen Breese (SaTH’s Dementia [...]

Blue Butterfly Appeal will raise funds to support patients with dementia2018-05-21T14:25:55+01:00

Thief steals charity collection box from RSH

17 May 2018 A charity collection box has been stolen from a shop run by the League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The League of Friends donation box was taken from the charity’s shop in the Outpatients of RSH some time last night (Wednesday 17 May 2018). The collection box was later found empty in a gents’ [...]

Thief steals charity collection box from RSH2018-05-17T09:05:56+01:00

SaTH takes part in national Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative

16 May 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is taking part in the Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative (MNHSC), which aims to improve the safety, reliability and clinical effectiveness of maternal and neonatal services across England. The Trust’s Head of Midwifery Sarah Jamieson, Clinical Director for Maternity Adam Gornall, and Lead Midwives Jill Whittaker and Louise [...]

SaTH takes part in national Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative2018-05-16T14:39:31+01:00

Nurse to swim across English Channel to raise funds for SaTH

15 May 2018 Nurse Melissa Compton is taking the ultimate plunge – and will swim across the Channel in a 22-mile fundraising relay with three friends.      Melissa Compton, who works in ITU They will be aiming to swim in relay between Dover and Calais – with each member swimming for an hour in succession until they [...]

Nurse to swim across English Channel to raise funds for SaTH2018-05-15T14:32:27+01:00

Public consultation into proposed changes to hospital services set to launch

11 May 2018 The following information is from our partners at NHS Future Fit People across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales are to be asked for their views on proposals to transform local hospital services when the NHS Future Fit public consultation is launched later this month. The board of NHS Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) [...]

Public consultation into proposed changes to hospital services set to launch2018-05-11T14:50:59+01:00

Nurses to climb the Wrekin – in their PJs

10 May 2018 A team of nurses will be donning their walking boots – and their pyjamas - to climb the Wrekin this June. Highlighting the #EndPJParalysis campaign The nurses have pledged to complete the challenge on June 23, to raise awareness of NHS England’s #EndPJparalysis campaign to encourage patients to get out of their pyjamas – and [...]

Nurses to climb the Wrekin – in their PJs2018-05-10T14:00:15+01:00

Stroke Wards are ‘Making May Purple’

10 May 2018 Two wards at The Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford are ‘Making May Purple’ to promote stroke prevention and awareness. Staff on the Acute Stroke Ward (Ward 15). From left: Kim Bromley, Sara Millward, Carol Ryan and Ann Mclean. Staff on the Acute Stroke Ward (Ward 15) and the Stroke Rehabilitation Ward (Ward 16) will [...]

Stroke Wards are ‘Making May Purple’2018-05-10T09:43:23+01:00

Online survey launched for people’s views on cancer services

9 May 2018 The following information is from our partners at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) People across Telford & Wrekin are being given a chance to have their say on cancer services in the area. An online survey which has gone live today gives everyone a chance to say what works well, what doesn’t, and how things [...]

Online survey launched for people’s views on cancer services2018-05-09T14:45:10+01:00

Extra capacity in place for catch-up NHS breast screening sessions

9 May 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is putting in place extra capacity for women in Shropshire, aged between 70 and 79, to have catch-up breast screening sessions after an NHS IT problem. The catch-up sessions are for women who have been identified as not receiving their invitation from the NHS breast screening programme, due to the [...]

Extra capacity in place for catch-up NHS breast screening sessions2018-05-09T10:56:06+01:00